The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-08
CAMPING In THE NORTHWEST
JUDGE GyLDrRsEEETRs EXPERIENCES
I'm TEE WILDs OF UPPER IDAHO

dian line, and occasionally crossing the line on
the trail Of black-tailed deer. Within the
memory Of many young men such journey
would have been an affair OF two or three
months; yet within week from the time no
left that distant region he was calmly sitting
at his accustomed desk In Part !. OF the Gen
eral Sessions. sending the usual procession OF
burglars pickrockets, and cutthroats on from
three to five years journeys to Sing Sing. He
sat there yesterday, looking bronzed and
hearty from his dash into the wilderness. and
after court adjourned he talked about his trip.
He was one Of Gen. Rodney @. Wards big
hunting party Gen. Ward early in the sum-
mer conceived tho idea Of trip out to some
region where real trout and real
deer could DO had. and whore building up
sporting reputation on the skill Of guides and
q strong Imagination would be out Of the ques-
ton He knew that Lieut.. Abercombie OF tho
United States Army had surveyed the Wilder
ness above Pend d'Oreille Lake in northern
Idaho, and he correspondent with him, and re-
ceived 80 much encouragementlthath he decided
to 20 there and organized his expedition. The
party consisted OF Gen. Ward. Judge Glider
sleeve. Col. William Hester. MAJOR Wakeman
Holberton. Mr.. Murray Boocock. Baron Loes-
9i Mr. chsunssy Marshall 1
UnderhIll, Lieut.. Abercombie, and Dr.. Merri-
am. the two last-named being OF the army.
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the following Tuesday. were at Sand Point on
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{ T for fUSS days alter arriving at
for 1t rained steadily and heavily, and 4 was
Very Rer point Of the Northern Pa
cilc Railway. 1t Is the apex OF sharp angle
the road makes by running n nHrthweast tsy
shaped like a leg Of mutton, with the shank
territ asd and spreading out toward the
soJtR until II the
Rss on F Gak ss Penn saH
Kanpsks LAKE. which iies away on 70 the
ana lake and timber country Is the mo- most am,
when it started from Sand Point consisted Of
twenty-five Tho chief guide , was T. shsr.
member be- Of the Old New York Volunteer Fire
Department. He ran with the m as zen mere
Filth a Avenue Hotel was built. and though he
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the vito Of the chief. who was Of the party and
Thero oses tho
was by an old trail the Indians had used for
XIX e Bs
Tho. frat night out" said Judge Glider der
again. and 1t rained in torrents, We had no
tents. but some Of the men had sleeping bags.
s aSSs d nsr to These T sg son s o
is . shsspskin bae. with the wool sun on. and
lin. You get inside and buckle the mouth Of
The bag up about your head and there you ar
hut h ss Gai
sSa ssS Sss sss Lieut.
superior to the bags. Il wss simply
tsn set i 81 ' laid canvas s ON the
ground, then q light. thin hair mattress and
on hf The
blankets about you. and then fastened the side
ends o. the canvas together with BUCKLES and
being ten feet long. you could crawl down into
It and sleep snusly and With the luxury Of rain
ON me r9oi IN a r np ana blankets
shoes II you like. and roll, the whole thing up
contriyance have seen for out-door life"
the first day the party made eight
reaeheS tse canp s ngRt
was alsS somsyhat sYhilssTatinE Zoe suts93n;
w SiHss Unt I'll the chief had to Ss usssd %
amused a himself airing his Winchester rifis at
the tourists rs they sat about their evening
fire. Sutton was dissr%ed. and the next ia. day
that tia T time On there was , no trouble w
'"As for tie game up there" said Judge Gil.
esrssa With
ment, l am glad went but l don't think
would 60 there again XIII big deer Io at
sible to do anything with the carcass. The
country Is 80 rough you cannot carry It. Then
possible to get through It, and very difficult to
get sh9t at deer even though a, there are
t%nmp a. among aD the trees and get glimpse of
tawny form. and the deer is on and out Of
sight; We shot however. twenty.three black
caribou, or American reindeer. The caribou
weighed over 400 pounds. and we could do
Thers pen ~ Grouse ss
spruce. The Indians caught two beavers. and
trapped several martin, and We shot wolf
As for trout. the lake was full Of them,, We
sa az
iteIy marked. The males have olive backs.
with lines OF black dots, and the sides are car
mine The te% males hay. have green backs With
and full OF fight when hooked. We caught IN
ALL during the two weeks We were up there,
about 400 of these trout. peculiarly Of the
trout seemed to be that they were all large,
lake trout Weighed nine pounds. and were
called Dolly Vnrdens.
After the first two or three days we. had
delightful weather@,nwarm, but not sultry days,
and cool nights. There are sudden and OK
trsme changes In the temperature, however.
white frost formed. Our camp was very COM
Portable. Sherwood had built huts and store,
houses for us in advance SO when we got there
The Indians were ,good.natpred fellows.
never been at war with The whites: These In
OF Lake Kanuska- On the north shore the
Kootenai Indians hunt, They all like whiskey
a swell He wore Q cutaway coat and breech
clout Generally they wear breech clout and
adirty blanket; The men generally wear some:
thing ON their heads, but the women seldom II
match for white men In strength. ! had one Of
thar vvnrkinp for mi day and hA DttchAd